Dr. Andrea Bertozzi of UCLA, a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, and Dr. Jeffrey Brantingham will be our guests for this hangout.

Dr. Bertozzi and Dr. Brantingham are on a team of mathematicians and social scientists from UCLA helping law enforcement agencies across the country to determine where crime is likely to occur in the near future. The team developed a “predictive policing” computer program that zeros-in on areas that have the highest probability of crime. Commercial use of the "predictive-policing" program allows law enforcement departments to tailor the placement of police officers, potentially stopping crime before it happens.